by Lily Forester | Dec 6, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 378 Food Worthy of Grace In many traditions, there are rituals associated with food. In the west, we might say grace before we eat, and in the east sometimes they say grace after they eat. In the Hare Krishna tradition, they only eat food they have prepared...
by Lily Forester | Dec 3, 2021 | podcast, special episodes
Episode 377 To Bear False Witness If we grow up in a developed nation, we might not have exposure to shills and various scams that go on in the street in many parts of the world. As a consequence, we don’t learn the street smarts necessary to see through deception,...
by Lily Forester | Dec 2, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 376 This Too is Lord In Baba Muktananda’s Play of Consciousness, he tells the story of traveling to a distant realm through meditation, entering a dark place that we might call “hell”, and then seeing, seated upon a dark water buffalo decorated with flowers...
by Lily Forester | Dec 1, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 375 Manners Maketh the Man The expression “manners maketh the man” is an old one, going back hundreds of years, and it has been placed as a motto on many family crests. The heads of those families might have known wealth and nobility, but the thing they chose...
by Lily Forester | Nov 30, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 374 Play, Not Games There are many games we can play in life – some that elements of society have dictated to us, and some we might come up with for ourselves. For example, we might believe that other people’s opinions are the source of our value. That...